⁴ For this is what the Lord says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; with your own eyes^(A) you will see them fall by the sword of their enemies. I will give^(B) all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will carry^(C) them away to Babylon or put them to the sword.

⁶ There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles^(A) of Judah. ⁷ Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes^(B) and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.^(C)

⁹ I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^(G)

⁴ ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am about to turn^(A) against you the weapons of war that are in your hands, which you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians^[a] who are outside the wall besieging^(B) you. And I will gather them inside this city. ⁵ I myself will fight^(C) against you with an outstretched hand^(D) and a mighty arm^(E) in furious anger and in great wrath. ⁶ I will strike^(F) down those who live in this city—both man and beast—and they will die of a terrible plague.^{(G) 7} After that, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah^(H) king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague,^(I) sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(J) and to their enemies^(K) who want to kill them.^(L) He will put them to the sword;^(M) he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’^(N)

⁸ “Furthermore, tell the people, ‘This is what the Lord says: See, I am setting before you the way of life^(O) and the way of death. ⁹ Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague.^(P) But whoever goes out and surrenders^(Q) to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives.^{(R) 10} I have determined to do this city harm^(S) and not good, declares the Lord. It will be given into the hands^(T) of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.’^(U)

⁴ “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”^(A)

⁵ So Judas threw the money into the temple^(B) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.^(C)

¹⁷ Then they will take up a lament^(A) concerning you and say to you:

¹⁹ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths^(E) over you and its vast waters cover you,^{(F) 20} then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,^(G) to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place^[a] in the land of the living.^{(H) 21} I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.^(I) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(J)

²⁷ There at Riblah,^(A) in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed.

So Judah went into captivity, away^(B) from her land.